MUSKRATS!

Today after breakfast we went hiking! we hiked up this big hill that Leonardo Davinci took his first flight experiments. It was fun and great view and lots of fun things to see. some ruins, flowers, and lots of butterflies!

We hiked back into town and got some pizza for lunch. We tried some olive, plain tomato, and tomato with artichoke pizza. The olive was my favorite. We stopped and picked up some pastries and had some coffee. mmm we got some sugar cookies, almond custard tarts and some good bread to take home. We ate the cookies as we walked. When we got back to the B&B I took a couple hours to nap. Then we went down the hill to a little town to get some ice cream. After some very tasty gelato James saw this little road off to the side and thought we should take it. It ended up taking us all the way into the northern part of Florence. OOPS! but we stopped at the river and saw a heron, ducks, some pretty big fish, and some muskrats! We saw some muskrat love too but really I had never seen a muskrat before and was pretty frickin excited about it. I think James took video of them swimming! that was a lot of fun! it started to get dark so we headed home and an awesome dinner of Gorgonzola, belle paese, 2 kinds of bread, nectarines, green olives, and sun dried tomatoes. mmmm! so good! I love cheese.

Yesterday a guy on a scooter was coming up beside this bus that was trying to turn. Apparently the guy on the scooter was getting in the bus' way so the bus driver leaned out the window and slapped the guy in the head. The guy had a helmet on but she hit him hard enough that I heard the noise across the street. pretty funny! Italians are scary drivers. I'm still terrified when I get on the bus or walking down town. Now I'm scared they are going to hit me! Otherwise life is awesome in Italy. :) saw a squirrel today to0!